English adjectives 3 Flashcards

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Funny and clever

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Witty

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Quickly

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Swift

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Involved in a difficult situation

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Mired

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consisting of a mixture of various things that are not usually connected with each other
Pronunciation !

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Miscellaneous

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Something that has a great influence on many people or things

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Far-reaching

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producing or describing a quick, strong pain that makes you feel like you have been cut/sby who speaks or acts in a severe and angry way that can hurt other people

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Sharp

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used for describing a feeling that is so strong that it cannot be satisfied

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unquenchable (thirst/desire)

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(of plans or people) silly or not practical

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Harebrained

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not expressing or showing intelligent thought or purpose
Collocation

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vacuous (remark/question/expression/smile)

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if something, such as a feeling or temperature, is extreme
(especially of a criticism or story) very powerful and emotional or criticizing someone or something very strongly.

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Searing
A searing pain shot up her arm.
The race took place in the searing heat.
The article is a searing attack on government mismanagement.
a searing tale of love and hate

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worrying (US old-fashioned or formal)

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worrisome

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bright and shiny from being cleaned

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gleaming

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unusual or different from what is around or from what is generally happening

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incongruous

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taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens

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proactive

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not working or being used/ without any particular purpose/lazy and not wiling to work/jobless/not busy

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idle

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treating something holy or important without respect

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sacrilegious

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officially having the named position

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incumbent

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Something, especially a gas or other substance, that is poisonous or very harmful

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noxious

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pleasing and satisfying

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gratifying

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sth that cause someone or something to be considered less valuable or important

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devaluating

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Sth that is easily damaged or broken

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fragile

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used to say that someone is strong, brave, determined, and difficult to defeat or frighten

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indomitable

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Closed.

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Sealed.

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Extremely cold.

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Bone-chilling.
The air at that altitude was extremely bone-chilling.

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present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place.

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Pervasive.
The influence of Freud is pervasive in this book.

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noisy, energetic, and rough.

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Boisterous.

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expressing opinions strongly and demanding attention or action.

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Forceful.

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strong and clear, without any possibility for doubt.

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Emphatic.

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very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is not wanted.

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Conspicuous.

30
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just beginning.

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Incipient.

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Ancre/someone or something that gives support when needed.

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Anchor.